Temporal Lobe Test 3 Flashcards
(21 cards)
What is the purpose of Wernicke’s area?
- Receptive language processing
- auditory word recognition
- language comprehension
What is the purpose of the hippocampus?
Short term Memory, emotion regulation, and sense of smell
What is the purpose of the Fusiform gyrus?
Facial recognition
What is the purpose of the middle temporal gyrus?
Visual integration
What area is Heschl’s gyrus?
41
What area is Wernicke’s area?
22
What area is the superior temporal gyrus?
22
What structures does Heschl’s gyrus consist of?
Core (BA 41)
Belt (BA 42)
What pathology is associated with Wernicke’s area?
Wernicke’s aphasia (fluent aphasia)
What is the purpose of the superior temporal gyrus (STG)?
Auditory analysis and feature detection from acoustics
What is the purpose of the medial temporal gyrus (MTG)?
Lexical representation
In audition, the Ventral pathway = “_____” stream of meaning
“What”
In audition, the Dorsal pathway = “_____” stream of meaning
“Where”
What lobe is the hippocampus located in?
Temporal lobe
What audition stream is the Fusiform gyrus part of?
Ventral “what” stream
What pathology is associated with the Fusiform gyrus?
Prosopagnosia (face agnosia)
What system is the hippocampus part of?
The limbic system
What pathologies are associated with the hippocampus?
- Alzheimer’s
- Picks disease
- depression
What is the dorsal “where” stream involved in?
- auditory-to-motor mapping
* sound-to-articulation mapping
What is the purpose of the ventral “what” stream?
Derives meaning from sound
What is the purpose of heschl’s gyrus?
Primary auditory reception
